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- Roosevelt-Fairbanks Campaign Button, 1904 - Having assumed the presidency when McKinley was assassinated in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt was already immensely popular when he ran for president in 1904. Picking conservative Senator Charles W. Fairbanks as his running mate, Roosevelt was reelected in a landslide. Two previous highly esteemed Republicans--John C. Fremont (first Republican presidential candidate) and Abraham Lincoln--are also depicted on this button.
- 1904
- Collections - Artifact
Roosevelt-Fairbanks Campaign Button, 1904
Having assumed the presidency when McKinley was assassinated in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt was already immensely popular when he ran for president in 1904. Picking conservative Senator Charles W. Fairbanks as his running mate, Roosevelt was reelected in a landslide. Two previous highly esteemed Republicans--John C. Fremont (first Republican presidential candidate) and Abraham Lincoln--are also depicted on this button.
- Bryan-Stevenson Campaign Button, 1900 - In 1900, Democrat William Jennings Bryan made his second bid for the Presidency. The candidate resurrected some of his old 1896 campaign catchphrases -- "Free Silver" and "16 to 1." These alluded to Bryan's economic policy that called for the unlimited coinage of silver. The slogans still didn't work. Bryan lost to the man who beat him four years earlier -- Republican William McKinley.
- 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Bryan-Stevenson Campaign Button, 1900
In 1900, Democrat William Jennings Bryan made his second bid for the Presidency. The candidate resurrected some of his old 1896 campaign catchphrases -- "Free Silver" and "16 to 1." These alluded to Bryan's economic policy that called for the unlimited coinage of silver. The slogans still didn't work. Bryan lost to the man who beat him four years earlier -- Republican William McKinley.